annual convocation and induction - NYU College of Dentistry

OMICRON KAPPA UPSILON
OMEGA CHAPTER
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY
2011 – 2012 RECOGNIZING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE in DENTISTRY Vol. 41 No.1
ANNUAL CONVOCATION AND INDUCTION
2011 Omicron Kappa Upsilon Omega Chapter Inductees:
Sheema Akhtar, Leon Su, Gragandeep Nanuan, Ella Tin Aye Khine Lim, Matthew Eppright, Siu Hang Ngan, Patra
Ong, Sean Stringer, Emanuel Abayer, Amir Awadalla, Keith Heller, Peter Mychajliw, Sharif Said, Timothy Bromage,
Uriyel Abayer, Ashkan Mobini Tehrani, Daryl Gasca, Courtney Beed, Marissa Matthews, Imanuel Babayer,
Stephanie Ledbetter, Lindsey Stearn, Theresa Ta, Tenny Balabegian, Ralph Cunningham, Aditya Singh Obi, Bharat
Tandon, Vineet Sharma, A. Ross Kerr, Sukhanchal Saini, Anoushi Sekhavat, Nivedita Seerpi, Cinzia Dinoi,
Miganoush Ghookasian, Sasha Baston, Noorya Chaudhri, Sindhura Gundarpi Thippareddy, Ramla Hameed, Nancy
Dougherty, Chintan Patel, Norman Sharp, Flor Segovia
NYU College of Dentistry OKU Bulletin 2011-2012
DEAN’S MESSAGE:
I welcome this opportunity to bring greetings to the officers and members of Omega Chapter of Omicron
Kappa Upsilon, and to thank you for your outstanding academic leadership throughout the past year.
In that regard, I want to cite the Class of 2013’s virtually 100 percent pass rate on part 1 of the National
Board Examinations. As you know, the Class of 2013 distinguished itself by scoring 4 points higher than
the national average, and between 4.5 and 8 percent higher than the national average in each of the
disciplines. When you consider that the Class of 2012 scored a first-attempt pass rate of 100 percent on the
National Board Exams last year, it becomes clear that NYU dental students are raising the bar on
performance standards nationally.
But statistics tell only a part of the story. The engine that drives such success is fueled by our extraordinary faculty, exemplified
by Omega Chapter members, whose talent and dedication, coupled with the incredibly hard work and intelligence of our students,
is an unbeatable formula for success.
Equally important to our continuing success as a leading academic dental center is the construction, now underway, of a new,
interdisciplinary health sciences education and research building directly across the street from the current NYU College of
Dentistry. This is a unique opportunity that promises to be nothing short of transformational for our students, faculty, and the
surrounding community. It will add significant teaching space to our college, allow us to relocate offices for student services and
for two academic departments – biomaterials and biomimetics and epidemiology and health promotion – and free up existing
space for research laboratories. Most important, through NYUCD’s collaboration with the College of Nursing and Polytechnic’s
Department of Bioengineering, it will provide opportunities for a new model of healthcare education, delivery, and scientific
partnership.
As we move forward with this endeavor, the role of Omega Chapter will be pivotal. With your help we will experience
unprecedented innovation in dental education, the discovery of new knowledge, and the improvement of patient care.
Thanks in large part to Omega Chapter, NYUCD has a heritage of innovation. I know that I can count on your passion, energy,
commitment, and intellectual curiosity to bring the latest example of innovation – our new building – to fruition.
Sincerely,
Charles N. Bertolami, DDS, DMedSc
Herman Robert Fox Dean
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Congratulations on your induction into OKU, the National Dental Honor Society. You have distinguished
yourself by accomplishing a high level of scholarship and have demonstrated exemplary character traits
and potential for future growth and achievement. Your academic integrity is essential to your success and
the mission of this college. You have promoted the values of excellence, honesty, ethics, trust, respect,
fairness, and responsibility that are inherent in the health professions.
To graduate dental school is an achievement to be sure – however there is little feeling of success after the
initial excitement wears off. Fulfillment does not come solely from achievement, and achievement does
not necessarily equate to success. An achievement is simply something you have undertaken and have
completed. It does not become a success until that achievement is attached to a personal value or belief that defines it as success.
Take it one step further…look back over your life at all your achievements then consider how successful you really are.
We at OKU promote the principles of lifelong learning and personal fulfillment. Continue to pursue knowledge, give back to
your community, mentor others and you will be well on your way down the path to success. On behalf of all the members of
OKU, I congratulate you on this monumental achievement.
Sincerely,
Jill Fernandez, RDH, MPH
President
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OMICRON KAPPA UPSILON OMEGA CHAPTER
Omicron Kappa Upsilon is a National Dental Honor Society founded in 1914 at Northwestern University School of
Dentistry. The New York University College of Dentistry Chapter, Omega, was founded by charter on June 6,
1929, and is one of 51 active chapters in North America. Admission is based on scholarship and character and is
determined by annual election by active members.
Alumni Members (Associate Members) are selected from the top 20% of the graduating class, as reported to the
chapter annually by the Dean of Academic Affairs. From this listing, not more than 12% may be elected each year.
Faculty Members (Active) are selected from the dental college faculty and are those who have been teaching full
time for three years or part time for six years. These faculty members must have made outstanding contributions to
the art, science, or literature of dentistry.
Lifetime memberships may be granted to active (faculty) members who have been members for 30 years and who
have reached the age of 60. Lifetime members are exempt from dues and retain all of the privileges of active
members while they remain on the dental school faculty. Omega Chapter is interested in the accomplishments and
activities of our members.
Please advise the secretary of your current address so that we can keep our rosters current and you can continue to
receive our mailings. We would appreciate having your email address so that you will be able to receive all our
future electronic newsletters which will keep you abreast of all the wonderful activities of the Omega Chapter as
well as the Annual Convocation and Induction information.
White Coat Ceremony
White Coat Ceremony
Dinner of Academic Excellence
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EVENTS CALENDAR
2011-2012

AP White Coat Ceremony: Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Distinguished Lecturer Series: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Family Translational Research: What It Is and Why You (Should) Care
Dr. Richard Heyman
Dr. Amy Slep
Dr. Richard Heyman, a
clinical psychologist, is a
Professor in the Department
of
Cariology
and
Comprehensive Care and codirector of the Family
Translational Research Group
at NYU College of Dentistry.
He earned a B.S. from Duke
University and a Ph.D. from the University of
Oregon. He has received 40 grants/contracts from
major U.S. funding agencies on a variety of
family-related topics, from anger escalation in
couples to the impact of family violence on
children to community-level prevention of family
maltreatment, substance problems, and suicidality.
Dr. Heyman has published over 100 scientific
articles/chapters focused on couple dysfunction,
intimate partner violence and child maltreatment
and their risk factors and consequences.
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Dr. Amy M. Smith Slep is
a
licensed
clinical
psychologist and professor
in the Department of
Cariology
and
Comprehensive Care at
New York University
College of Dentistry. She
founded and co-directs the
Family
Translational
Research Group, which includes over 20 research
staff and students. Her research focuses on
understanding and preventing family violence
and its consequences. Her work has been
supported by nearly 40 federal grants and
contracts and has resulted in nearly 100
publications.
Dinner for Academic Excellence: Tuesday, February 7, 2012,
The dinner will be held at the NYUCD Commons by invitation only. Please contact Dr. Maureen McAndrew,
([email protected]) for more information.

Omega Chapter Business Meeting: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Meeting will be held in Orlando, Florida.

Supreme Chapter Meeting/ADEA: Sunday, March 18, 2012
Meeting will be held in room 3W.

Annual Research Day: Thursday-Friday, April 19-20, 2012
This event is sponsored by the Office of Research at the College. As it has for many years, our Omega Chapter
provides judges for the competition and presents the OKU Omega Chapter Award to the undergraduate DDS student
with the Outstanding Poster presentation in either basic science or clinical science. The Award consists of a certificate
as well as monetary award.
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Annual Convocation and Induction Dinner
RESERVE THIS DATE: Thursday, May 10, 2012, The Water Club Restaurant; The convocation induction of new
members. For more information, please contact Dr. Michael Ferguson ([email protected])
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OKU OMEGA CHAPTER OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2011-2012:
Jill B. Fernandez, RDH, MPH
President
(212) 998-9653
[email protected]
Mark S. Wolff, DDS, PhD
President-Elect
(212) 998-9666
[email protected]
Elise S. Eisenberg, DDS, MA
Vice-President
(212) 998-9790
[email protected]
Michael B. Ferguson, DMD
Secretary/Treasurer
(212) 998-9797
[email protected]
Martin Roy, MS, PhD
Past President
(212) 998-9541
[email protected]
DELEGATE TO SUPREME
CHAPTER
Elise Eisenberg
Michael Ferguson (Alternate)
MEMBER RELATIONS
Harvey Wishe, CH
Robert Boylan
Neal Herman
Marjan Moghadam
Bapanaiah Penugonda
AUDITING/FINANCE
Ivy Peltz, CH
Michael Ferguson
Esther Kuyinu
Glenn Marrus
Martin Roy
AWARDS
Elise Eisenberg, CH
Lisa Antonoff
David Lefkowitz
Gail Miranda
Mitchell Lipp
CONVOCATION
David Glotzer, CH
Ken Allen, Co-CH
Elise Eisenberg
Michael Ferguson
Esther Kuyinu
Andrea Schreiber
MEMBERSHIP
Kenneth Allen, CH
Stephen Bergen
Denise Estafan
Robert Glickman
Gary Goldstein
Milton Palat
Anthony Palatta
Paul Rosenberg
Arthur Schackman
Ashok Soni
Anthony Vernillo
Harvey Wishe
John Calamia
Martin Roy
NOMINATING
Mark Wolff, CH
David Glotzer
James LoPresti
Anthony Palatta
Jill Fernandez
Elise Eisenberg
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Maureen McAndrew, CH
Michael Ferguson
Robert Boylan
Neal Herman
Martine Mandracchia
Marjan Moghadam
Rima Sehl
Harvey Wishe
Jack Ricci
PUBLICATIONS
Elise Eisenberg, CH
Martin Roy
Esther Kuyinu
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BIOGRAPHIES
President-, Jill B. Fernandez, RDH, MPH, is a 1982 graduate of the University of Bridgeport, CT
where she received her AS degree in dental hygiene. In 1985 she received her BS degree in Health
Education at New York University. In 1988 Jill joined the faculty as an instructor in the Department of
Pediatric Dentistry as Director of the Pediatric Outreach and Prevention Programs. She is responsible for
all Pediatric Dentistry outreach activities both in New York City and internationally. Jill also completed
a 30 year career in the US Navy and Navy Reserves. She received her Master’s in Public Health in 1996
at New York University and was subsequently also promoted to Clinical Assistant Professor in that same
year. In 1999 she was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor. Jill has presented numerous
lecture/demonstrations and symposiums at local and national professional meetings. She is an active
member of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) and is a faculty mentor for the AAPD NYU student chapter.
For over 10 years, Professor Fernandez has been, and is currently the regional organizer for one of the largest Special Olympics
Special Smiles Program in New York City. Jill is currently the Director of Pediatric Outreach and Prevention Programs in the
Department of Pediatric Dentistry.
President Elect-, Mark Wolff, DDS, PhD. is Professor and Chair of the Department of Cariology and
Comprehensive Care and Associate Dean for Pre-doctoral Clinical Education at the New York University
College of Dentistry. Mark is a 1981 graduate of the Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine
and a 1982 Graduate of the Stony Brook General Practice Residency. Mark became a full time
practitioner starting a family dental practice in Stony Brook Long Island, focusing on medically
compromised patients and esthetic dentistry. He still maintains a small part-time practice there. He
entered dental education as a part-time faculty while enrolled in a PhD program in Oral Biology and
Pathology, completing his degree in 1997. During that time, he served as Chair of the Department of
General Dentistry and Director of Operative Dentistry at Stony Brook. He was Director of their Advanced Education in General
Dentistry Program for two years. In 1999, Mark became a full-time member at Stony Brook and helped to develop and
implement the first paperless dental school in the nation. Mark has conducted a wide variety of laboratory and clinical research
projects with over sixty funded projects completed. He has mentored nearly 100 DDS students in summer research projects
during his career. Mark joined NYUCD in 2005, where he designed, developed, and implemented an extensive curriculum in
caries risk assessment/minimal intervention and has designed dental information systems to monitor the risk of the entire dental
patient populations. He was the founding Councilor of the ADEA Cariology Section. He has authored or co-authors over 50
papers and text chapters. He has served as the principal or co-principal investigator on more than $5 million in grants.
Vice President-, Elise S. Eisenberg, DDS, MA is Senior Director of Informatics and Clinical Professor
in the Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotions at the New York University College of
Dentistry (NYUCD) and is the course director for the D1 Healthcare Informatics course. Elise is a 1984
graduate of NYUCD, has practiced general dentistry in New York City and Washington, DC and
became an NYUCD faculty member in 1991. She currently serves as the Secretary / Treasurer of the
NYUCD Faculty Council and serves on the NYUCD Executive Management Committee, the NYU
Teaching Technology Committee, as well as other NYUCD and University committees. Elise is the
American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Leadership Institute Alumni Association Vice
President and an ADEA Curriculum Change and Innovation Liaison Representative for NYUCD. She is the founding chair of the
ADEA Council of Sections Special Interest Group ‘Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies’ and previously served
as an officer and councilor of the Dental Informatics section and as the ADEA Annual Session TechExpo Program Coordinator.
Elise has taken a leadership position in the use of technology in dental education and was a plenary speaker at a recent Apple
World Wide Developer Conference. She has also presented numerous lectures and symposiums at national professional meetings
and has authored or co-authored several papers. Elise is an alumnus of the ADEA Leadership Institute (2001) and the Executive
Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program (2006) and is the current recipient of the 2011 ADEA/William J. Gies
Foundation Education Fellowship.
Secretary-Treasurer-, Michael Ferguson completed his D.M.D. training and AEGD Certificate at
Boston University School of Dental Medicine. He has taught pre-doctoral and post-doctoral residents in
dentistry at Boston University School of Dental Medicine and at Harvard University School of Dental
Medicine as well as at the Harvard Medical School. He is currently the co-director of fixed clinical
prosthodontics at NYU College of Dentistry. His clinical areas of expertise include diagnosis, treatment
planning, and restorative dentistry. He has been an active clinician, researcher and teacher since 1989.
His research areas of interest include, tooth whitening/color and pre-clinical and clinical/didactic
academic education programs. His most recent collaborate project included a satisfaction survey of
patients receiving implants at NYUCD. Dr Ferguson has authored/co-authored numerous peer reviewed articles and has recently
co-authored a book entitled "Clinical Cases in Prosthodontics". His mission as an educator is to teach ethical sound treatment
planning and proper treatment sequencing and to assure an extensive clinical experience using the latest proven techniques and
materials. As a teacher, he has an expertise in curriculum development including Problem Based Learning (PBL) and electronic
case-based course materials. He lectures to the undergraduates, is actively involved in clinical supervision, and mentors both
students and faculty in the clinics. He serves nationally as a CODA/ADA consultant, and is a member or chaired educational
committees school wide and nationally.
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2011 ANNUAL CONVOCATION
Kramer Award presented to Sam Bae:
Martin Roy, Maureen McAndrew, Sam Bae and Dean Charles Bertolami
Presentation of the Dr. Michael Alfano Award for Excellence in
Research to Kathleen Fabella
Martin Roy, Elise Eisenberg, Kathleen Fabella and Dean Charles Bertolami
New Faculty Inductees:
Mitchell J. Bloom, Nancy J. Dougherty, A. Ross Kerr and Bernard Rupnarian
President’s Medal to Outgoing President awarded to Martin Roy
Martin Roy and Harvey Wishe
New Life Members presented to Steven Resnick, Kenneth Klonsky,
Michael Bral, Christopher R. Parker and Peter Venokur
In Photo: Martin Roy, Steven Resnick, Michael Bral and Dean Charles
Bertolami
Honorary Member presented Timothy G. Bromage
Van Thompson, Martin Roy, Timothy Bromage and Dean Charles Bertolami
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THE DINNER
Standing: Siu Hang Ngan, Allan Solden, Ramla Hameed, Andrew Schenkel,
Stephanie Ledbetter and Lisa Antonoff
Seated: Herbert Gross, Sharif Said, Stan Dawkins and Elaine Bajana
Standing: Anthony Palatta, Patra Ong, Kamen Genov, Yura Genova, Matthew
Eppright and Stuart Hirsch
Seated: Bruce Lish, Jerome Lish, Juliet Bergen and Stephen Bergen
Standing: Leon Su, David Glotzer, Jill Fernandez, Martin Roy, Susan Roy and
Ella Tin Aye Khine Lim
Seated: Michael Ferguson, Dean Mark Wolff, Kenneth Allen and Valentine
Sriatocha
Standing: Dean Charles Bertolami, Dean Andrew Spielman, Dean Richard Vogel,
Dean David Sirois and A. Ross Kerr
Seated: Marissa Matthews, Frederick More, Miriam Robbins, Joan Phelan, Dean
Cosmo DeSteno and S. Charlotte Kerr
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THE DINNER
Standing: Dean Louis Terracio, Van Thompson, Ralph Cunningham, Peter
Sacks, Timothy Bromage and Hediye Erdjument Bromage
Seated: Aditya Singh Obi, Mark Fotovat, Tenny Balabegian and Milton Palat
Standing: Leila Jahangiri, Sasha Baston, Mijin Choi, Brenda Lee and Gagandeep
Nanuan,
Seated: Ian Scrivner, Cinzia Dinoi, Robert Schoor, Esther Kuyinu and Flor
Segovia
Standing: Uriyel Abayev, Emanuel Abayev, Roya Ghazi, Ashkan Mobini
Tehrani and Imanuel Babayer
Seated: Keith Heller, Harmin Cooper, Lina Katayeva, Bert Gaster, Andrea
Schreiber and Anthony Vernillo
Standing: Mitchell Bloom, Amir Awadalla, Stanley Turetzky, Bernard
Rupnarian, Bapanaiah Penugonda and Michael Bral
Seated: Nancy Dougherty, Amr Moursi, Neal Herman and Stuart Segelnick
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THE DINNER
Standing: Robert Glickman, Sheema Akhtar, Bijan Moghadam, Marjan Moghadam,
Norman Sharp and Rachel Sharp
Seated: Daryl Gasca, Barnett Bucklan, Ashok Soni and Vineet Sharma
Standing: Ivy Peltz, Mitchel Erwin, Elise Eisenberg, Martine Mandracchia,
Harvey Wishe and Kathleen Fabella
Seated: Sindhura Gundarpi Thippareddy, Sateesh Ummareddy,
Maureen McAndrew and Sam Bae
Standing: Leigh Busch, Sean Stringer, Steven Resnick, Theresa Ta and Eric Studley
Seated: Nivedita Seerpi, Arthur Schackman, Miganoush Ghookasian, Rima Sehl and
Noorya Chaudhri
Standing: David Tarrab, Alexander Sasser, Courtney Beed, Jerry Klaczany and
John Ricci
Seated: David Blank, Gary Goldstein, Lindsay Stearn and Iris Vardy
Standing: Dominick Conqiusta, Leslie Petosa, Chintan Patel, Peter Mychajliw and
Bharat Tandon
Seated: Benjamin Godder, Sukhanchal Saini, Sergio Garcia-Rivera and Anoushe
Sekhavat
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Deans
OKU Committee
Cariology and Comprehensive Care
Pediatrics
Oral Surgery
Basic Sciences
Periodontic
Prosthetics
Biomaterials and Biomimetics
Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Radiology and
Medicine
Endodontics
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OMEGA CHAPTER
DONOR’S LIST 2010 - 2011
NYUCD Dean’s Fund
MEMBERS:
Amr Moursi
Dominick Congiusta
Manuel Matos
Andrea Schreiber
Elise Eisenberg
Martin Roy
Andrew Schenkel
Esther Kuyau
Mathew Walla
Anthony Paving
Gary White
Miriam Robbins
Arthur Schackman
Harvey Wishe
Neal Herman
Ash Estafan
Herbert Gross
Peter Di Fiore
Boris Pinhasov
John Ricci
Peter Mychajliw
Chizobam I€dahosa
John Young
Robert Boylan
Danielle Kalman Zeifir
John Delfino
Sang Choon Cho
Daryl Styner
Kenneth Allen
Stanley Turetzky
David Glotzer
Lisa Antonoff
Todd Prager
David Sirois
Lloyd Landa
Van Thompson
Denise Estafan
Lou Terracio
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Thank you
On behalf of the OKU Executive Committee, we would also like to thank Ms.
Elaine K. Bajana for her tireless efforts in the preparation of this bulletin.
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